6. DEMPSEY COMES, DONOVAN GOES? After Landon Donovan confirmed to FutbolMLS.com during the AT&T MLS All-Star Game that "if there are offers, I will analyze them," when his MLS contract runs out in December, sources tell Goal.com that "multiple clubs in multiple European countries [have reached out to Donovan]." It should make for an interesting offseason, especially heading into a World Cup year.

8. RAPIDS ON THE RISE, CLAIM ROCKY MOUNTAIN CUP: It's not typical for the goalkeeper to be the man of the match in a 2-2 tie. But Real Salt Lake manager Jason Kreis had no doubts about the performance against the Colorado Rapids by Nick Rimando (watch the highlights here), who Kreis claims is having "the best year of his entire playing career." But the draw was still enough for the Rapids to claim their first Rocky Mountain Cup since 2006.

9. RSL SET SIGHTS ON USOC SEMIFINAL VS. PORTLAND: The clash against their rivals was of secondary importance to RSL with the upcoming US Open Cup semifinal against the Portland Timbers looming Wednesday (9:30 pm ET). In fact, Kreis yanked Javier Morales early after complaints of muscle tightness: "I’m hoping it was precautionary," Kreis said. "There’s no doubt Wednesday is the most important game of the week, and probably the month."

11. WHITECAPS STARTING 'KEEPER BENCHED: It may have come as a surprise to many that Vancouver starting 'keeper Brad Knighton was benched in favor of recent arrival Dave Ousted in Saturday night's 1-1 tie vs. Portland. Knighton reveals having a "nice, long conversation" with manager Martin Rennie on Friday and he tells Philly.com that he feels he's "done everything I possibly could to show that I'm capable of being a No. 1 in this league, whether it's here or some place else."

13. STOP THE PRESSES -- D.C., TORONTO WIN ON SAME WEEKEND: They entered the Week 23 slate with a combined five victories between them, but that didn't prevent the bottom two teams in the East, DC and Toronto, from causing the weekend's biggest upsets. Inspired by their newcomers, DC shocked MLS Cup contenders Montreal with a convincing 3-1 win at RFK (watch the highlights here), while Toronto got an early solo goal from DP Matías Laba and held on to beat New England on the road (watch the highlights here).

14. ANOTHER NAME LEAKS FOR USMNT ROSTER VS. BOSNIA: This one comes from Germany, where Bild says 1860 Munich forward Bobby Wood is getting the call from Jurgen Klinsmann for the match against Bosnia in nine days. The forward spots are filling up fast with AZ Alkmaar's Aron Johannsson expected to be one of the call-ups after committing to the US.

15. REMEMBERING KIRK URSO: A year ago today MLS mourned the loss of the Columbus Crew midfielder, who died suddenly due to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. His close friend, Crew midfielder Ethan Finlay, was among the first to remind everyone about the date this morning: "It was on this day a year ago my dear friend Kirk passed away. He was the light in every room and I'm sure nothing's changed up there. #ku15"